They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
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Gill's Exposition
They eat up the sin of my people,.... That is, the priests did so, as the Targum, the priests of Jeroboam; they ate up the sacrifices which the people brought for their sins: and their fault was,…
Barnes' Notes
They eat up the sin of My people - The priests made a gain of the sins of the people, lived upon them and by them, conniving at or upholding the idolatries of the people, partaking in their…
Adam Clarke
They eat up the sin of my people - חטאת chattath, the sin-offering, though it be offered contrary to the law; for their hearts are set on iniquity, they wish to do whatever is contrary to God.
God is here proceeding in his controversy both with the priests and with the people. The people were as those that strove with the priests (Hos 4:4) when they had priests that did their duty; but the…
Cambridge Bible
They eat up the sin of my people The subject of the verb is evidently the priests (see Hos 4:4), and the phrase can therefore only mean, they eat the sin-offering of my people (i.e. the portion…
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